For More Information:
Carl
G. Olson
Executive
Director
Central
Illinois
Regional
Airport
309.663.7384
CIRA Airlines add flights for
Spring/Summer Travel
More Options
for Travelers with Additional Flights from Bloomington-Normal
BLOOMINGTON, IL (Monday, March 8, 2010)…The Central
Illinois Regional Airport (CIRA) will welcome new flights this spring and summer
just in time for the start of the busy travel season.
Beginning April 6, American will add one daily roundtrip to Chicago
O’Hare and Delta will add two daily roundtrips to
Detroit
,
Michigan
. Delta will also resume nonstop
flights to Minneapolis-St. Paul, offering two daily roundtrips beginning June 10th.
Currently, American offers three
flights to Chicago O’Hare and one daily nonstop to Dallas-Ft. Worth. Delta
offers one flight to
Detroit
and four flights to
Atlanta
,
Georgia
.
“This is a boost for air travel options from the
Central
Illinois
Regional
Airport
, “said Paul Harmon, Chairman of the Bloomington-Normal Airport Authority.
“To add flights that translate to 250 more seats daily on two of the world’s
largest airlines provides central Illinois travelers with the ability to reach
hundreds of destinations on the most convenient schedule possible.“
The new flights will all be served by fifty seat regional
jets to the airlines’ major hubs with connections available on American and
Delta mainline service. American’s
Chicago O’Hare service will be operated by Chautaqua Airlines as American
Connection on Embraer regional jets. Delta
flights to
Detroit
and Minneapolis-St. Paul will be operated by Pinnacle Airlines as Delta
Connection on Canadair regional jets.
“The airport has experienced a positive growth trend in
passenger traffic in the last several months and the addition of these new
flights will help us build on that momentum.” said
Carl
Olson, Executive Director of the
Central
Illinois
Regional
Airport
. “We are very pleased to have the nonstop Minneapolis service return this
summer with two daily flights, providing easy access to the northwest. “
Central
Illinois
Regional
Airport
at Bloomington-Normal, located on Route 9 East in
Bloomington
, also has daily service on AirTran Airways to
Atlanta
Georgia
and nonstop service to
Orlando
Florida
four times weekly. With free parking, low fares and its convenient location,
the Central Illinois Regional Airport served more passengers than any other
airport in the region in 2009. More
info
rmation can be found at www.cira.com.##